Palm Coast man pleads guilty to child porn charge

A man facing federal child porn charges who tried to destroy his computers and compact discs with a samurai sword has pleaded guilty to one federal charge of receiving child pornography over the internet.

Kamil Mezalka, 21, of Palm Coast faces a $250,000 fine, between five and 20 years in federal prison, forfeiture of his digital media and computers and a potential life term of supervised release, according to a release from the office of U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill.

The investigation began on March 15 when an FBI agent in Philadelphia started looking into individuals who were sharing child pornography files via a file sharing program, the release said.

The agent found that the directory of a particular screen name signed into the network had more than 4,000 files, of which many had descriptions of child pornography. The IP address was traced to a residence in Palm Coast where Mezalka lived, the release said.

Mezalka was arrested at his Palm Coast home May 8. When FBI agents arrived, they commanded Mezalka to leave his bedroom, but he refused, the release said.

Upon entering Mezalka's bedroom, they found that he used a samurai sword to try and destroy his computers and compact discs. He did not obey commands to drop the sword.

Mezalka's computer was examined and hundreds of files depicting child sex abuse were found, the release stated. One of the hard drives had more than 3,000 videos and 12,000 images. Of these, 100 videos and 500 images depicted child pornography.

On May 16, Mezalka was ordered to be detained pending the case's resolution.

The case was investigated by the FBI, in Jacksonville and Philadelphia, and the Flagler County Sheriff's Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney D. Rodney Brown, and was brought about through Project Safe Childhood, according to the release.

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Too bad he did'nt live in Jacksonville. JSO would have put him
down just for looking at that sword. Another missed opprtunity to keep children safe AND save taxpayers money. Maybe next time? Good job anyway FSO and FBI.

Without belabouring the point, I believe that each and every person who does these terrible things to God's gifts should be executed on the spot. I understand people have rights, but they must be held to the highest standards and receive the most severe punishment society could impose when children are involved.

This has to be the sickest most demented form of news in all of society. I believe the time has come to make this, through a ballot or initiative or whatever public action is necessary an exception and have any person who messes with children instantly executed on the spot.

My apologies for the tone of this opinion, but thats just the way I feel. I am the proud parent of two of the most wonderful children any parent could be blessed with and the good lord willing, a grandparent. I am angered this type of crap continues and agree wholeheartedly with both of your views and thank you both for posting them.

Simply put, the offender needs to be put 6 feet under immediately by whatever means available.

He's a stupid 21 year old kid who screwed up in a big, big way by getting involved with looking at these kinds of appalling images via the internet.

Stupid idiot prattle aside (ala: "WE SHOULD LOWER HIM INTO A VAT OF ACID... WAIT, NO... SNAKES! YEAH! POISONOUS RATTLESNAKES! NO, COBRAS! YEAH, COBRAS! THEN THE ACID! THEN RUN OVER HIM WITH A BIG TRUCK! CHILDREN ARE GODS GIFT AND IF THERE'S ONE THING GOD WOULD WANT, IT'S FOR A GIANT GRAND PIANO TO FALL ON THIS GUYS HEAD, PRAISE BE THE LORD!!!) he's going to pay a pretty huge price here. The mandatory minimum is 5 years in Federal prison. Lets hope at some point in that 5 years, efforts are made to correct his thinking since he will eventually be released back into the community and at 21 years old, there's a good chance he's young enough to successfully change course and right his flawed thinking.

I'll withhold my own personal opinions on mandatory minimums in general but hopefully, in this case, the system works and this kid gets the help he needs.